---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS BIDDER PREQUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS."
description: "This Act modifies the Public Works’ Bidder Prequalification period and changes from the existing 12-month valid period to a 24-month valid period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Delaware SB 73 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1bef8fa-b2c3-490b-8d2d-319521829d0e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130147"
source_hash: "5eb487c3af4a6e75ceb659c55fb74ac44fe60c4f9f608d72f5cab8bd225065ce"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware SB 73 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS BIDDER PREQUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

This Act modifies the Public Works’ Bidder Prequalification period and changes from the existing 12-month valid period to a 24-month valid period.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130147&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB73)

## Votes

- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-30** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Assigned to Labor Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 6 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1bef8fa-b2c3-490b-8d2d-319521829d0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).